| Abbey of St Maximin in Trier Abtei Sankt Maximin im Trier | |
| 6th Century - 1802 | |
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| Capital Circle Bench |
St Maximin Electoral Rhenish Rhenish Prelates |
| Established | 6th Century |
| Immediate | 893 |
| Annexed to Trier | 1669 |
| Dissolved | 1802 |
The Abbey of St Maximin was an Imperial Abbey in the city of Trier. It was named after St Maximin of Trier, who was buried in the Church of St John which was rededicated to him in 353. In the 6th Century the church was converted by Benedictine monks into a monastery, becoming one of the oldest in western Europe. Charles Martel donated a church to the abbey in 723. In 893 and 897 it received from King Arnulf and Duke Zwentibold of Lotharingia immediacy and secular territories of Kenn, Laubuseschbach and Guntersblum. The monastery was destroyed by Vikings in 882 and rebuilt. In 937 monks from St Maximin founded the Abbey of St Mauritius near Magdeburg. The monastery was rebuilt between 942 and 952.
The abbey obtained further territories during the Middle Ages: Mamer (960), Norheim (962), Tiefenthal (1051), Uhler (1200), Hosten and Burg Rittersdorf (1263), Kretz (1273) and Dankerath (1276). The Counts of Luxembourg obtained stewardship over the monastery during the end of the 10th Century. The archbishops of Trier claimed the abbey and its territories, although an attempt by Adalberon of Munsterol to annex St Maximin failed, and in 1140 the Pope confirmed its independence. In the 13th Century parts of the monastery were destroyed by fire.
Over the following centuries conditions in the abbey declined considerably. Finally in 1669 a convention was held whereby the abbot surrendered his independence to the archbishops, and conditions again improved. The French completely destroyed the buildings in 1674, and, in a matter unique in the Baroque times, was rebuilt in its Gothic form from 1680 until 1684. In 1802 it was secularised and its buildings were transformed into a barracks, church, prison, and lastly school. All the abbey buildings except the church were completely destroyed during World War II. The abbey church was rebuilt for general purposes, and in 1995 was transformed into a concert hall able to sit 1200 people, and is renowned for its acoustics. Since 1983 the Bishopric of Trier has run a school nearby the abbey.
Abbots of St Maximin[]
|
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
| John I | ? - c327 | |
| Fibricius I | ? - 342 | |
| Odilard | 342 - 352 | |
| Tranquilus | ? - 352 | |
| Emerentus | ? - 363 | |
| Auxelianus | 363 - 383 | |
| Hordestas | 383 - 387 | |
| Remigius | ? - c406 | |
| Fibricius II | ? - 498 | |
| Volmar | 498 - 502 | |
| Roding | ? - c562 | |
| Gundiland | ? - c600 | |
| Æmilian (Mermilian) | ? - c633 | |
| Bernard (Gerward) | ? - c670 | |
| Herwin | ? - ? | |
| Basinus | 671 - 698 | |
| Utilard | ? - c766 | |
| Wiomad | ? - c768 | |
| Eberhard | 768 - 770 | |
| Werinolf | 770 - 806 | |
| Dietbold | ? - c812 | |
| Reinfried | ? - 814 | |
| Helisachar | 814 - 837 | |
| Wilher I | ? - c870 | |
| Hattobald | ? - ? | |
| Waldo | ? - 888 | |
| Erkenbert | 888 - 897? | Immediate from 893 |
| Hugh | 942? - 945 | |
| Wilher II | 945 - 957 | |
| Wigger | 957 - 966 | |
| Adolph | 966 - 967 | |
| Theodofried | 967 - 979 | |
| Otto | 979 - 987 | |
| Volkmar I (Volkhard) | 987 - 998? | |
| Otfrad | 998? - ? | |
| Winrich | 1000? - ? | |
| Haricho | ? - 1024? | |
| Poppo I | 1024? - 1029 | |
| John II | 1029 - 1035 | |
| Bernard | 1035 - 1037 | |
| Poppo II | 1037 - 1048 | |
| Theodoric I | 1048 - 1090? | |
| Henry I | 1090? - 1097 | |
| Herny II | 1097 - 1100? | |
| Volkmar II | 1100? - 1105 | |
| Beringoz | 1105 - ? | |
| Gerhard | ? - 1143 | Independence confirmed in 1140 |
| Siger | 1143 - 1165 | |
| Arnold | ? - 1169 | |
| Conrad | 1177 - 1200? | |
| Anselm | 1200? - 1216 | |
| Bartholemew | 1216 - 1229? | |
| Henry III | 1230? - 1257 | |
| Henry IV | 1257 - 1284 | |
| Anthony I | ? - 1284 | |
| Godfrey | 1284 - 1303 | |
| Theodoric II | 1303 - 1352 | |
| Otto I | 1352 - 1367 | |
| Rorich | 1367 - 1411 | |
| Henry V | ? - 1411 | |
| Lambert | 1411 - 1449 | |
| Henry VI | 1411 - 1419 | |
| John I | 1449 - 1453 | |
| Anthony II | 1453 - 1482 | |
| Theodoric III | 1482 - 1483 | |
| Otto II | 1483 - 1502 | |
| Thomas | 1502 - 1514 | |
| Vincent | 1514 - 1525 | |
| John II | 1525 - 1548 | |
| John III | 1548 - 1556 | |
| Peter | 1556 - 1568 | |
| Matthias | 1568 - 1581 | |
| Rainier Biewer | 1581 - 1613 | |
| Nicholas I Zilles | 1613 - 1621 | |
| Peter II of Freudenberg | 1621 - 1623 | |
| John IV | 1623 - 1655 | |
| Maximin | 1655 - 1679 | No longer immediate from 1669 |
| Alexander Henn | 1679 - 1698 | |
| Nicetius | 1698 - 1719 | |
| Nicholas II | 1719 - 1731 | |
| Martin | 1731 - 1738 | |
| Willebrand I | 1738 - 1762 | |
| Willebrand II | 1762 - 1796 | |
| Benedict | 1796 - 1802 |
| Electoral Rhenish Circle |
|---|
| Arenberg | Beilstein | Coblenz | Cologne | Lower Isenburg | Mainz | Palatinate Rheineck | Thurn and Taxis | Trier |
Earlier Members |
| Gelnhausen | Neuenahr | Reifferscheid | Selz | St Maximin |